Elizabeth Reading

Elizabeth Reading (1929-) was the UKIP MP for Edgware and Leader of UKIP from 2000.

Biography
Elizabeth Reading was born in Stanmore, England in 1929, and she worked as a nurse for several decades. She became disillusioned with the NHS due to its recruitment of several South Asian doctors, especially after she was passed over for promotions. During the 1990s, she decided to dedicate herself to politics as a member of the Eurosceptic and right-wing populist UKIP party, opposing multiculturalism and internationalism. In 2000, she was elected MP for Edgware and Leader of UKIP, and she supported a Lib Dem government rather than let the Labour Party rule.